Kentucky basketball made a great hire in Mark Pope

Locked On Kentucky - Daily Podcast On Kentucky Wildcats Football & Basketball

The Kentucky Wildcats just made a great hire in Mark Pope.

On today's episode of Locked On Kentucky, Lance Dawe explains why he believes Kentucky basketball hiring Mark Pope from the BYU Cougars was a great decision. Pope has an excellent offense and a very bright basketball mind. He's a proven X's and O's coach, performed extremely well during BYU basketball's first season in the Big 12, and is a former Kentucky Wildcats player underneath Rick Pitino. He meets every qualification a Kentucky basketball fan could want... right outside of NCAA Tournament wins. Dawe goes through an extensive list of excellent college basketball hires that had eerily similar experience to Pope before taking their respective jobs and having illustrious careers.

Can Kentucky somehow get Reed Sheppard to return to UK? How likely is it that the Cats land BYU basketball transfers Jaxson Robinson, Dallin Hall, and Aly Khalifa?

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